New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009

Is it still worth playing?

Nintendo's 2009 side scrolling platformer for the Wii, in which Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings kidnap Princess Peach during her birthday celebration. Mario, Luigi and two Toads pursue them, first on Bowser's airship and then into Bowser's Castle. It is a 2.5D game with 3D character models on 2D backgrounds, with eight worlds of eight to ten levels each plus a secret ninth world unlocked by collecting Star Coins. Motion controls handle spin jumps, mid air twirls and picking up and throwing objects. If you die repeatedly, a computer controlled Luigi can show a level's safe path through the Super Guide. Up to four players can play cooperatively, and players who die are trapped in bubbles that others can burst to rejoin. It is friendly to play with a group now: a Super Guide helps with hard levels and bubbles bring back fallen players.